Glasgow

Therewas better news in the men’s triple jump as national record holders Chithravel (16.41m) and Prabhu (16.26m) advanced to Saturday’s final after finishing second and third in qualification. Tejaswin Shankar also remained in medal contention in the men’s decathlon, ending the opening day in second place with 4,339 points after five events, just 14 points behind Canada’s Damian Warner (4,353).

The Indian’s standout performance came in his pet high jump event, where he cleared 2.15m for 944 points, while his 7.82m effort in long jump earned him 1,015 points. However, Animesh Kujur missed the men’s 200m final after clocking 20.65 seconds to finish sixth in his semifinal, while Vishal TK also bowed out after placing sixth in his 400m semifinal with a time of 46.33 seconds.

Indian pair stays unbeaten in lawn bowls

The Indian men’s pair of Navneet Singh and Dinesh Kumar registered their third successive win, edging Botswana in a tie-break after the teams split the opening two sets.

The Indians dominated the first set 9-2 before Botswana levelled the contest by winning the second set 4-3.

Navneet and Dinesh, however, held their nerve in the tie-break to preserve their unbeaten record and strengthen their hopes of reaching the knockout stage.